HAVERING RESIDENTS ENCOURAGED TO MAKE A SPLASHFrom April this year thousands of Havering residents will be able to take advantage of a new scheme providing free swimming to the borough’s oldest and youngest people. Everyone aged 60 and over and 16 and under will be able to swim for free at the borough’s three pools, Hornchurch Sports Centre, Central Park Leisure Centre and Chafford Sports Centre.
With just weeks to go before the scheme starts, residents have been encouraged to register now. Then they will be issued with an Everyone Active swipe card, which they can use at their chosen pool from April 1.
To register, residents must fill in a form which can be obtained from libraries, leisure centres and other Council buildings, as well as on the website http://www.havering.gov.uk/. Completed forms should be taken, along with a valid form of identification such as a driving licence or birth certificate, to one of the leisure centres where the card will be issued.
The initiative aims to get more people active in the run up to the London Olympics in 2012. Free swimming is available during the pools' public opening hours. The scheme is funded by a £140 million package with contributions from the Departments of Culture, Media and Sport, Health, Children, Families and Schools, Work and Pensions and Communities and Local Government.
Havering will receive £72,614 per annum to provide free swimming for those aged 60 and above and £135,820 to provide it for those aged 16 and under. It is funded for two years after which it will be subject to a government review.
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